GENDER Analyze gender in ONE lifestyle media text of your choice using: Judith Butler’s theory of gender trouble and fluid identities. OR Michel Foucault’s theory of lifestyles and technologies of the self. OR Anthony Giddens’s theory of the trajectory of the self In your answer, you should briefly locate your chosen text in its cultural […]
What is an “author”—as described by Roland Barthes and Michel Foucault—and what is the controversy surrounding “the death of the author”?
The death of the author The themes of authors, author-functions, and audiences have been pivotal for the last part of the class. What is an “author”—as described by Roland Barthes and Michel Foucault—and what is the controversy surrounding “the death of the author”? Along with discussing these, engage the idea of “authorship” in Buddhist communities. […]